Brest human
rights defender Uladzimir Vialichkin has lodged a complaint with the Supreme
Court against a decision by the city’s executive committee to ban a picket of
support to the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski.

The ban has
been previously appealed at Brest Leninski District Court and the Court of Brest
region. Meanwhile, the human rights defender argues that apart from restricting
his civil rights the ban also violated certain legal procedures. In particular,
the official decision was signed by chief manager of the executive committee,
while the law requires this to be done by its head or vice-head.